If soma exists to repress human nature, and it is consumed at the first hint of boredom or discomfort, then Huxley is ...

A few minutes late, my teacher rushed into class and started with a conspiratorial whisper, “So! Who wants tonight’s homework to be sitting down and doing nothing?” Instantly riveted, we all leaned in ...

A March study of the mental health of 3,500 Italians living under national quarantine found that boredom was a more common complaint than loneliness, lack of social activities, and even loss of job ...

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I think it is interesting when people are not patient enough to enjoy museums. When they cannot creatively cooperate with their own boredom. In the case that they comply, I find it a remarkable thing ...

[Editor’s note: This essay first appeared in the “Chapters of Our Lives” issue of PREMIUM Magazine, which featured personal storytelling.] When I was a young boy, there was nothing so thrilling as ...

Dolphin skull covered in scrimshaw of ships, foliage, a butterfly, and flags, from 1750-1850. (all photographs by the author for Hyperallergic) 19th century whalers could be at sea for years, and for ...